this next week Ill be focusing on creating the structure and tearing down the case. I anticipate that it will take quite a bit of time and engineering to get this exactly how i want it. Ill be sure to create a cool video log of all these processes as well.

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Its been a few weeks since my last post and I have been so busy, I Have done a lot since these pictures were taken and believe it or not its starting to really take shape.

The next video Log will be up soon but in the interim here are some pictures taken before the holidays. You can see the pedestal starting to take shape as well as the front panel of the core X5 almost at completion with the autobot symbol cut sanded and painted.

The pedestal is going to have a armor plating on the outside of it to give it a more robotic look and will primarily be a metallic charcoal.

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I apologise for not showing you guys more details through the build log. Truth be told this build really challenged me and for a while there I was doubting whether I could get it to work and finished on time. I persevered and all the small little parts and details all started to come together and I'm very proud to introduce you to Optimus Prime a High end Gaming PC that's more then meets the eye.

The truck transforms into Optimus Prime using 5 linear Actuators which control lift and turning off the arms and head. The Head is on a rotating panel. Everything including all of the Water Cooling is kept in the truck so as you can imagine it was exceptionally tight to fit it all. The only thing that wasn't in the truck was the Power supply which was kept down in the Pedestal which acts as the counter weight and stand for Mr Prime.

I want to say a Huge thankyou to Thermaltake and all the other sponsors involved for the competition its been a huge challenge and a lot of fun and so awesome to see the other Epic builds done around the world.